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80
Scarlet Fever.
WARDS.
QUARTERS.
YEAR.
March.
June.
Sept.
Dec.
M.
F.
m.
F.
|m.
F.
M.
F.
m.
F.
Total.
East
7
6
7
13
1
3
12
11
27
33
60
North
22
23
23
23
8
14
8
12
61
72
133
North-West
15
15
8
9
9
8
14
12
46
44
90
South
2
..
5
3
5
6
6
9
18
18
36
South-East
..
5
3
7
4
. 4
8
9
15
25
40
South-West
7
6
1
2
4
4
8
15
20
27
47
Total
53
55
47
57
31
39
56
68
187
219
406
AGES OF PATIENTS NOTIFIED.
Under
1
1-15
5-15
15-25
25-45
45-65
65 &
upwards.
All Ages.
5
124
235
26
16
..
..
406
The procedure by the Health Department for the prevention
of the spread of scarlet fever in the borough has
consisted of systematic weekly visits to the houses where cases
were isolated at home by the Sanitary Inspector. Reports were
made on receipt of each notification to the Medical Officer
of Health, as to the milk, water supply, sanitary arrangements,
drainage, school or department attended by the patient and
rest of the family, state of the house,-out-buildings, number in
house, and means of isolation, these reports being entered into
an Infectious Disease Register, where the results of subsequent
weekly visits to enforce isolation are also recorded. Notices
were sent to the school where children attended from infected